On a
radio talk show, the topic was: would you vote for a women President? And, are
women as qualified to be President? I thought about that for a minute. You see
Presidents are rare, very rare. The first criteria for becoming President are
that you must have been born in the United States. Now, I don’t know how many
people have been born in the US, perhaps a billion or two or three or ten for
all I know. Of the billions born on US soil, only 44 of them have been a United States President.
With the chances of becoming President 1 in billions, no matter what your gender, race or religion may be, I would say statistically, your chances are slim no matter what. In fact, you probably stand a much better chance at winning the lottery. There are many elements that must be aligned properly for your chances to be improved. Over the next 200 years, there will be billions more people born in the US, but there are not likely to be more than another 40 or so who become President.
So, when you look at the subject from such a large perspective, who could know the limits on Presidential qualifications? The constitution of United States provides for the only limits to which I am aware, you must be born in the United States and have obtained the age of 35. Once born here, what you do with the rest of your life, and the example of leadership and experience are what determines your qualifications to be President.
Many suggest that Hillary Clinton will run. Other than being born here, I am not aware of anything she has done that qualifies her to be President. Many do not appreciate the way she got her senate seat and her time as Secretary of State was unremarkable except for the Benghazi debacle in which she clearly failed to perform. Others suggest Condoleezza Rice should be a presidential candidate. Again, other than being born here, I am not aware of her being responsible to voters and budgets which would be important to me. Her knowledge of national security and foreign policy, particularly related to Russia, would be helpful, but I think you must demonstrate experience in the real world outside politics or academia. We already elected a President who did not meet these challenges and look where that got us.
The bottom line is: The timing for when the US will send a woman to the Whitehouse is when a woman makes herself the best candidate without regard to gender, race or religion. When that happens, we will have a woman President. Will either of the women most mentioned today be the first female President? Mrs. Clinton does not process all of the Presidential criteria and that is not likely to change. Ms. Rice does not process all of the Presidential criteria, but that could change.
With the chances of becoming President 1 in billions, no matter what your gender, race or religion may be, I would say statistically, your chances are slim no matter what. In fact, you probably stand a much better chance at winning the lottery. There are many elements that must be aligned properly for your chances to be improved. Over the next 200 years, there will be billions more people born in the US, but there are not likely to be more than another 40 or so who become President.
So, when you look at the subject from such a large perspective, who could know the limits on Presidential qualifications? The constitution of United States provides for the only limits to which I am aware, you must be born in the United States and have obtained the age of 35. Once born here, what you do with the rest of your life, and the example of leadership and experience are what determines your qualifications to be President.
Many suggest that Hillary Clinton will run. Other than being born here, I am not aware of anything she has done that qualifies her to be President. Many do not appreciate the way she got her senate seat and her time as Secretary of State was unremarkable except for the Benghazi debacle in which she clearly failed to perform. Others suggest Condoleezza Rice should be a presidential candidate. Again, other than being born here, I am not aware of her being responsible to voters and budgets which would be important to me. Her knowledge of national security and foreign policy, particularly related to Russia, would be helpful, but I think you must demonstrate experience in the real world outside politics or academia. We already elected a President who did not meet these challenges and look where that got us.
The bottom line is: The timing for when the US will send a woman to the Whitehouse is when a woman makes herself the best candidate without regard to gender, race or religion. When that happens, we will have a woman President. Will either of the women most mentioned today be the first female President? Mrs. Clinton does not process all of the Presidential criteria and that is not likely to change. Ms. Rice does not process all of the Presidential criteria, but that could change.
One thing is certain, we don't need another president that is as unqualified as the current.
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